Story: Every Waking Moment

Rating: K-T (it'll vary)

Word count: 358

Pairings (throughout the story): HatorixTohru, with mentions of KyoxKagura and YukixMachi

A/N: FIRST! Thank you so much for all the reviews! I love them so much! I always fear I'm OOC with Hatori (or Tohru) but you guys tell me otherwise and spoil me and say you love them. So thank you!

OKAY. Cause, I know someone will comment on it: I know Kana asks Hatori the question, not the other way around. FOR THE SAKE OF THE ONESHOT, I changed it and made Hatori ask it. Because, you know, it's cute.

Yeah.

Actually, this would be the scene I wanted when Hatori and Tohru first met at his house. Haha I shipped them so fast after that episode, good lord.

But I ship a lot of pairings for this series, goodness.

I'm rambling. Sorry. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket.

H is for "Hatori"

"When the snow melts, what does it become?"

"Hmm, let's see…oh! It becomes Spring!"

Was it fate that she met him? That she had the perfect answer to his riddle to his heart? Kana, she tried, but she got it wrong. Maybe it was fate that they weren't meant to be together. He asked Mayu the same question: she answered "a puddle in the street", which was close to Kana's question.

But she whispered his answer. "It becomes Spring!" He sat in the snow, wishing to see the flowers bloom; she was inside his house, taking in his story about Kana. But he wanted the flowers back, instead of dreary snow hiding them. He wanted to take a few of them and give them to the girl inside, the one that was off-limits because of age.

So what if she was younger and he was far too old for him? It was fate—it had to be.

"Hatori!" She called his name. He didn't turn his head to see her; she was probably worried that he would get sick from being in the cold that long. He didn't care. The way she said his name, it sent shivers down his spine. He heard her feet crushing the snow around him, and he saw her knees hit the snowy ground. "A-Are you okay?" Her hand brushed against his skin and he tensed up; she was only feeling for his temperature.

"I'm okay," he whispered. And for the first time in his life, he was. He turned to face her and saw her worried look—he was right. He did not smile, he did not frown. He just stared at her. Tohru let out a sigh of relief.

"I thought you had-" He didn't care if he was going to transform. He didn't care if she saw his form.

"Thank you," he whispered in her ear before he turned into a cloud of smoke. Her heart was racing, but his was a steady beat. And as he laid on her lap, as she panicked about what kind of water he needed, he closed his eyes and was at peace.

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